End of the World system

Erik, you of all people 'here', by now, is well aware of how 'good intentions' of a forum topic can go wildly 'astray' in a very short span...;)

Herding cats. in contrast, is Easy....*L*

"Any Question is subject to misinterpretation."

(Likely carved into The Wall of Lo-Temp Wax...somewhere....*smirk*)

Have a better weekend,
J

With the new guidelines:

preamp/dac: Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
amp: Mytek Brooklyn Amp+
turntable - Technics SL-1200G (if I had room for records, and I'd still stuff my pockets with cartridges every time I trekked back to the store)
CD player/transport - Yamaha CD-S2100 (just something reliable)
speakers - TAD Compact Evolution 1

Good speakers are going to be heavy no matter what - even these stand mount models. It's a labor of love though. The Sonus Faber Electa Amator III is also fantastic for a small speaker. I'm not wild about Sonus Faber in general, but if you gotta save space, those are pretty special. Harbeth HL5 perhaps?

Or one could go with a Nagra Classic series setup. Oooh, I don't think I could leave that in the store overnight.

My reality would probably be closer to yanking speakers out of abandoned cars and mounting them in Rubbermaid storage bins, but if we're dreaming here, Nagra and HEDD Type 20 maybe.

...hell, with every mechanical noisemaker down, nature offers the world's finest possible sounds.  Even order harmonics rule.  Oh, my wife, the ever-Yankee.."Six feet?..that's sorta close isn't it?"  
More Peace, Pin

40 Miles with loads of equipment on my back? Then 99 percent of that high end trash is out of reach. So I would try to get what is playing "Wonders" by the Piano Guys at this very moment while I'm writing this: Marantz' Musical Link HD-AMP1 and HD-CD-1 with Kef LS-50 and a few good cables. The CD player is a fine machine, the amplifier's DAC is able to cope even with files of very high resolution - and has a usb port on the front. So I could take a world of good music with me carrying only a small usb stick. If there are no CD's left I'd leave also the player in the store. Okay, reading file data from Marantz' bulleye display is not really funny - but on the other hand I would have to carry home only a rather lightweight amplifier and a pair of super compact boxes to get really good sound I could live with - without dying from dehydration and exhaustion on my way back. Those little KEFs produce a stunning bass despite of being small and light and the Class-D-Marantz is able to power them adequatly.
What cables I would use? Silnotes or Morrow Audio as RCA interconnects, Audio Quest William Tell or Robin Hood as speaker cables. Enough for my cabin in the woods...

Greetz out of the German lockdown, fifth week in home office, Hans

Perhaps you can train zombies to carry stereo equipment.
Wait, did we add the undead to this scenario or no?